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    how is the Mobility radeon 9000 IGP 128mb shared?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by zeanimal2001, Sep 18, 2004.

  1. zeanimal2001

    zeanimal2001 Notebook Evangelist

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    How is this 128mb shared graphics card?
     
    zeanimal2001, Sep 18, 2004
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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    What will you be planning on using with the graphics card? Playing latest games, graphics intensive apps (3D Modelling/Rendering, etc...)?

    Any unit with shared video memory will not be good for anything graphics intensive. Even though it has a lot of memory allocated to it (from system memory), the GPU itself is not powerful enough for these tasks. It will work for light to medium graphics (max) and older games (not Doom 3 or Far Cry), maybe about 1 year old or more. Standard Office apps and DVD playing will be fine. So, if you're planning on playing the lastest games or do a lot of graphics intensive apps, then you need a good & fast GPU with dedicated memory. The GPU is one of the things that can't be upgraded after you buy the unit.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Sep 18, 2004
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